A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle ...

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie s...

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the ...

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...

Master thief Kinosuke arrives in Edo to pull off one final heist for a tea-server who resembles his ...

A tale of friendship, betrayal, and forbidden love—set against the backdrop of Edo’s criminal underw...

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponso...

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and...

Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are ...

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Mons...

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the isla...

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside...

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They...

Yumi Fukuzawa is an ordinary first year student at Lillian Girls' Academy. By chance Yumi meets seco...

Shuji Mimura works as a broadcast writer. He learns that he doesn't have much time left to live. He ...